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COM. v. SMITH

477 Pa. 505 (1978)

384 A.2d 1202

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Kenneth Wayne SMITH, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided March 23, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Schaumann, McNeal & Schaumann, York (Court-appointed), for appellant.

Donald L. Reihart, Dist. Atty., Floyd P. Jones, York, for appellee.

Before EAGEN, C.J., and O'BRIEN, ROBERTS, POMEROY, NIX and MANDERINO, JJ.

OPINION OF THE COURT

O'BRIEN, Justice.

Appellant, Kenneth Wayne Smith, was convicted by a jury of murder of the first degree. Post-verdict motions were denied and appellant was sentenced to life imprisonment. This appeal followed.

This case involves a conviction for murder of the first degree; therefore, we have an independent duty to review the sufficiency of the evidence. Act of February 15, 1870, P.L. 15, § 2, 19 P.S. § 1187. The facts...

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